Uhm... Should I like do a famous person from history.. or like landscapes like the great wall of china.. uhm. specific good idea's would really help.
I was thinking of doing a war scene or somthing.. but what I need this for.. maybe that would be too morbid...
2007-03-26 15:43:37 · 8 answers · asked by egf 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address or his second inaugural
Lee's surrender to Grant at Appromatox
Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish=American War
Burning of Washington DC in the War of 1812
Landing of GI's at Omaha Beach on D-Day
Desert Storm in 1991
2007-03-26 18:45:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you mentioned a war scene, I did a search on little-known historical facts and came up with this, from About.com:
WWII and M&M's
After Forrest Mars, Sr. witnessed soldiers eating bite-sized chocolates covered in a sugar coating during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s, he brought the idea back to the United States and started manufacturing his own version, called M&M's. In 1941, M&M's were included in U.S. soldiers' rations during World War II because they "melt in your mouth, not in your hands" (the tagline didn't actually appear until 1954). Good in nearly any environment, including hot summers, M&M's became very popular. The little candies were sold in tubes until 1948, when the packaging changed to the brown bag that we still see today. The imprint of an "M" on the candies first occurred in 1950.
So, how about a sepia-toned painting of WWII, smoke and chaos in the background, a couple of soldiers in a foxhole, sharing their rations of colored M&Ms?
:D
2007-03-26 17:03:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jane D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should look at some historical art to get ideas. A good idea for a war type painting is to do an invasion, before it is graphic. Also hobby painting would be nice, like hunting with hunting dogs, etc.
2007-03-26 15:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by destiny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
2007-03-26 16:20:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your ideas sound good, but would your assignment allow for you to turn a historical scene into a modern one? Like you could paint a historical figure as you think he/she would be today... if you can't do that maybe you could just paint something in history that you're most interested in....
2007-03-26 15:54:50 · answer #5 · answered by rachaeluv<3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington crossing the Delaware
2007-03-26 15:50:17 · answer #6 · answered by robee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about people from different times and places giving their gifts to a representative of our modern day culture?
2007-03-26 15:50:35 · answer #7 · answered by mfg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
depict history repeating itself
2007-03-26 19:34:27 · answer #8 · answered by conniecat59 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋